Barsetshire

Barsetshire
'Chronicles of Barsetshire' location
1953 map by Maurice Weightman published as endpapers for Thirkell's Jutland Cottage
Created byAnthony Trollope
GenreNovels
In-universe information
TypeFictional county
LocationsBarchester, Silverbridge, Hogglestock
CharactersMr Septimus Harding, Bishop and Mrs Proudie, Dr Thomas Thorne, Archdeacon Theophilus Grantly

Barsetshire is a fictional English county created by Anthony Trollope in the series of novels known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire (1855-1867). The county town and cathedral city is Barchester. Other towns named in the novels include Silverbridge, Hogglestock and Greshamsbury.